– More and more directors of the Regional District are using the AAP ( Alternative Approval Process ) to get voter assent to pay for ideas and projects: Last Thursday directors informed that only 2 persons out of a potential base of nearly 16,000 opposed the installation of a new bus service ( South Okanagan […]
News
Fitness Centre officially opens
The new Oliver Community Weight Room is officially open. Shiela Lange, chair of the Oliver Parks and Recreation Society, cut the ribbon at a ceremony this morning. We are preparing a full story, including your first look inside the facility. Please check back shortly. -Dale Cory
School District news
Swearing-in at School Board meeting this Wednesday New Trustee Casey Brouwer of Osoyoos will take the oath of office Enrollment at October 31, 2016 District wide – head count is up 58 students However when translated to FTE only 8.53 Largest loss – Osoyoos Secondary down 13, SOSS down 7, Similkameen up 4 – ULearn […]
Community gives
586 Boxes packed! “As the “OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD Volunteer Coordinator”, I wish to send a BIG Christmas “THANK YOU” to everyone who packed a box or several for this wonderful opportunity to put a smile on a needy child’s face. These 586 boxes are going to any of the following countries: Ukraine, Senegal, Guinea, Sierra […]
Hornets ousted at Valley’s
Hopes of winning a provincial volleyball championship at Southern Okanagan Secondary School have been dashed. The Hornets hosted the Valley Boys AA Championship this past weekend in the SOSS Main Gym. After winning a pair of matches, the Hornets fell to top-ranked Fulton in the Semifinal. That relegated SOSS to a Bronze medal match Saturday […]
What type of raptor?
Photo submitted by Colleen Misner Recently someone sent a picture of the same bird I believe in the same tree or similar. The picture was dark and hard to see or correct. This is much better in that the eye, the feather detail etc. can be seen. What kind is it?
Rural report with Laird Smith
Wally and Auntie Kay Smith and daughter arrived in Oliver during the mid 1930’s. They didn’t have a lot of money but what they did have they used for basic necessities. After Wally bought his chosen piece of land, he hired Mr Haughton to build a house. It was to be a three room house […]